Word: awkwardness
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...interact with the audience are out of place and serve no practical purpose in a play that is already jarring and difficult to comprehend. The debris strewn across the back rows of the theater feels unnecessary, while the moment when Palmer tosses a beach ball into the crowd is awkward and confusing...
...pair of 3-inch (8 cm) wedges, I was eager to test out the Equinox. The accelerator was indeed comfortable and easy to use in my stilettos. However, I was surprised to find that the brake pedal had not been similarly repositioned. Pressing it in heels felt just as awkward as it does in any other car. Then again, braking is my least favorite part of driving...
While we recognize that it's been fairly easy to spot prefrosh around Cambridge this weekend, we also recognize that engaging with prospective students has been at times, well, awkward. For those of you who feel as if you haven't had the chance to get to know the Class of 2014 (and for those of you who can't get enough of them), we here at FlyBy would like to introduce the Class of 2014 in a short video. Enjoy...
Also, in order to use the ice luge, you have to crouch down in an awkward squat just to take a shot. Apparently nobody has come up with the idea to prop an ice luge up to allow for standing luge runs. And inevitably, the drunkest, heaviest person in the room will saunter on over for a go. And inevitably, that person will subject themselves and everyone around to a good old bend-over. Nobody wins when that happens...
...apologetically, the girls explain that their meetings last so long because they get along so well. “How awkward would it be if we hated each other?” asks Su. “Or if we hated one of us,” she adds. Some things would get done faster, perhaps. But Eleganza would not be the same...